Social and Legal Aspects related to CitizensEmpowering Sara Gutierrez, Madrid City Council Instead: Judith Pertejo, ISDEFE (Coordinators of SafeCity) Aalborg, 10 th May 2012
Madrid City Council example Video surveillance systems are efficient decrease the criminality percentages Demanda real del ciudadano Comparison al al 092 2009 o 112-2010 en zona videovigilada Incidents before/after surveillance systems installation 4500 4500 4000 4000 3500 3500 3000 3000 2500 2500 2000 2000 1500 1500 1000 1000 500 500 00 ENERO ENERO FEBRERO FEBRERO MARZO MARZO ABRIL ABRIL MAYO MAYO JUNIO JUNIO 092 0922009 2009 092 092 2010 2010 15% 10% 5% 0% -5% -10% -15% -20% Difference Variación of porcentual percentage en la Tasa on de the criminalidad criminality conocida rate from Periodo 2003/2009 2003/09 Ministry of the Interior 9,5% Madrid City Ciudad Council Resto Madrid de Comunidad Region Resto Spain de España -4,6% -18,3% The areas where the video surveillance systems have been installed had been carefully analyzed from the social point of view, taking into account (among others indicators) the crime rate of the area. 2 The success factor: each installation has the approval of the citizens living in the area under video surveillance.
Madrid City Council example What citizens perceived? 7 6, 9 6,8 6,6 6,5 6,4 6,2 6 5,8 5,6 5, 9 6, 2 6, 2 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 6 2 0 0 7 2 0 0 8 2 0 0 9 5,4 5,2 5 Value of the security g rad in o the d e district s e g u riof d aresidence d e n el d iperceived s tri to by the citizens Citizens feel much safer year by year in Madrid. Every year The Security Observatory of the city launches a survey to measure how Madrid citizens feel about security and safety. There has been many strategies carried out by Madrid City Council in order to achieve these results, the technological ones like video surveillance have been one of them, and they have contributed to the final results. 3 Aalborg 10/05/2012
Madrid City Council example Social involvement and citizens support benefit Public Safety services while deploying certain new ICT systems, as the case of video surveillance in the streets. Two basic premises are considered: To be an answer for the demand of the society the installation of cameras in any area of Madrid is considered only if the neighbors of that area demand to do so. To be under the legal framework any system installed has to be compliant with the legal national framework, which is mandatory. 4 Aalborg 10/05/2012
Data protection by Design Emerging citizens-centric platforms and internet-based capabilities offer great benefits to the society, also help to enhance Public Services. ICT must generate TRUST Reliability, Security and Protection of personal data must be guaranteed Data protection and privacy should be considered from the very start of a new technology. helps to achieve a more proactive approach to security. ensures no data is collected without the prior identification of a set business purpose. 5 Aalborg 10/05/2012
Legal considerations However, different laws across EU Member-States E.g. SafeCity(www. safecity-project.eu) where MCC is involved: Takes into consideration legal, ethical and social implications while designing a new capability: Research on EU policies concerning individual rights. Research on EU/National regulations wrt. handling sensitive data. Analysis on social implications regarding surveillance systems automations and ICT Technologies. Madrid, Lisbon, Bucharest or Helsinki allow Video surveillance is allowed for security purposes Stockholm or Athens just allow video surveillance for traffic monitoring 6 Aalborg 10/05/2012
Legal and Ethical Regulations Human Rights Perspective EU Legal Framework for Telecommunications Ethical Principals EU Legal Framework for the Right of Data Protection EU Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (CFREU) Treaty of Lisbon on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU) Directive 97/66/EC, Directive 2002/58/EC, Directive 2006/24/EC, Directive 2009/136/EC EU Principles raised by EU Directorate General for Research European Legislation Framework. Directive 95/46/EC Regulation (EC) No45/2001 Council Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA REFORM OF DATA PROTECTION LEGISLATION recently proposed by EC. It strengths individual rights and tackles the challenges of harmonizing EU regulations. Explicit inclusion of the term in Data protection by design and by default (Art. 23) 7 Aalborg 10/05/2012
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